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The Franciscan Friars of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe have made the difficult decision to conclude the operations of Franciscan Media by the end of 2025. Our daily features, including Saint of the Day, Minute Meditations, and Pause+Pray—as well as our popular newsletter—will continue
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  • Saint of the Day

Saint Sylvester I

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  • Minute Meditations

We Must Always Pursue God

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  • Pause+Pray

Grace at the Threshold

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  • Ask a Franciscan

Suffering from Natural Disasters

Features

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St. Francis: Giving Comfort to Weary Soldiers

Women religious and the Church

The Nuns Are OK: Building a Sustainable Future for Women Religious 

Sister Norma Pimentel plays with a child

Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

Michele Dunne and others

A Diplomat’s Journey to Activism 

Candles on a church floor

Advent Is Always

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A Practical Guide to Death for Catholics  

News

Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, Calif., the main celebrant, distributes Communion to a detainee during a Mass on the grounds of the ICE Processing Center near Adelanto, Calif., Dec. 10, 2025. Attendees said the Mass, which took place in the Mojave Desert, was deeply emotional for both the bishops and the roughly 300 detainees present.

California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of of Joliet, Ill., is pictured during the 2018 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Dolan; names Bishop Hicks of Joliet, Ill., as successor

A police vehicle stands near the site of a mass shooting reported by authorities at Brown University in Providence, R.I.,

Rhode Island Catholic bishop offers prayers in wake of shooting at Brown University

A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on Sept. 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel

Military archbishop urges respect for rule of law after follow-up strike on alleged drug boat

Commentary

People embracing each other

Sisters and Brothers in the Spirit 

Jesus said: Love the Poor

Dilexi te’s Urgent Plea: Risk the Poor or Lose Jesus

Church fathers

We Are the Bricks of the Church 

Inspiration

Monterosso, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Francis: A Natural Spiritual Genius

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Saint Christopher: Fact or Fiction?

Plants of Clare

Whispers of Prayer from St. Clare 

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Finding God on the Camino

Current Issue

November/December

Dear Reader

‘We Happy Few’

Editorial

Opening Our Ears to Our Lady 

Feature

St. Francis and Christmas: A Celebration of Love 

Feature

We Are the Bricks of the Church 

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Columns

Don Cheadle stars in a scene from the movie "Hotel Rwanda." The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from United Artists) (Oct. 19, 2009) See MEDIA NOTEBOOK Oct. 19, 2009.

Hollywood and Holiness: How Film Can Be a Teacher

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Maternal Wisdom on the Mother Road

Rolheiser-grief

What to Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do

Medicine of Mercy

Medicine of Mercy

Cuban artwork on a wall

Living Hope 

Don Cheadle stars in a scene from the movie "Hotel Rwanda." The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from United Artists) (Oct. 19, 2009) See MEDIA NOTEBOOK Oct. 19, 2009.

Hollywood and Holiness: How Film Can Be a Teacher

empty desert road on Route 66

Maternal Wisdom on the Mother Road

Rolheiser-grief

What to Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do

Medicine of Mercy

Medicine of Mercy

Cuban artwork on a wall

Living Hope 

Profiles & Vocations

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Mark Anthony Zarate, OFM: Being One with the Poor in the Philippines

Brother Clark Berge, SSF

Brother Clark Berge, SSF: Running with the Spirit of Francis 

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Sister Kathy Warren, OSF: A Franciscan Journey of Renewal, Dialogue, and Service

SAMO_Followers_TeresaRedder

Teresa Redder, OFS: Secular Franciscan and Servant Leader

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Sister Margaret Carney, OSF: A Lifetime of Footsteps on the Franciscan Way 

Podcast

Episode 26

Michael Calabria, OFM

The Sultan and St. Francis
Episode 25

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

A Spirituality of Aging and Letting Go
Episode 19

Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, PhD

The Catholic Imagination
Episode 12

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD

The Legacies of Helen Prejean and Religious Sisters

Voices

Tyler Grudi, OFM

Online: Franciscan Spirit
Dilexi te’s Urgent Plea: Risk the Poor or Lose Jesus

Patricia Breen McNeil

Nov/Dec 2025 Issue
What Is Mine to Do? 

Daniel Imwalle

September 2025 Cover
Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

Richard Rohr, OFM

Online: Franciscan Spirit
Francis: A Natural Spiritual Genius

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Daily

  • Saint of the Day
Statue of Saint Sylvester

Saint Sylvester I

  • Minute Meditations
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We Must Always Pursue God

  • Pause+Pray
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Grace at the Threshold

  • Ask a Franciscan
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Suffering from Natural Disasters